Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Hughes for Javier Assad (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 696	# 500

Projections

Strikeouts	29	24
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.80	4.48
WHIP	1.48	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 110

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	18

Games Started	4	9

Innings Pitched	24.1	69.2

Wins	0	6

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	63

Earned Runs	9	29

Home Runs Allowed	0	12

Strikeouts	21	48

Walks	7	18

ERA	3.33	3.75

WHIP	1.19	1.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	14

Games Started	5	4

Innings Pitched	35.4	31.8

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	32

Earned Runs	19	16

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	29	24

Walks	13	11

ERA	4.80	4.48

WHIP	1.48	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
News
	Gabriel Hughes allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two over five innings in Wednesday's loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Javier Assad allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out six across 4.1 innings in Thursday's 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st
	Gabriel Hughes allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in a loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Javier Assad allowed two runs on sevent hits and no walks while striking out four across five innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Gabriel Hughes allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Friday’s loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Javier Assad allowed no runs on two hits and two walks while striking out two across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th
	Gabriel Hughes will start on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Javier Assad will start one of the two games for the Cubs in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Gabriel Hughes allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Wednesday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	Javier Assad improved to 5-1 on the season, allowing two runs on five hits over 5.2 innings, in an 8-6 Cubs' win over the Rockies on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL			Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#393	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews	#208	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Hughes for Javier Assad (2026)

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